(Winchester, VA)…The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model
Touring Series powered by Pace Performance will kick-off the 2017 season this
Saturday (April 22) at Virginia's Winchester Speedway. Warm-ups are slated for
5:45 p.m. It will be Touring Series race #1 of 17 and will be a Marquee Event
designation. Saturday's event will be the only Sweeney Tour event for the
season in the Mid-Atlantic.

For the first time in nearly two
years, the cars and stars of the Sweeney RUSH Tour will converge at Winchester
for a $2,000 to-win event. Past Tour winners at Winchester include Rick
Singleton (2014), Walker Arthur (2015), and Allen Brannon (2015). Brannon in
fact won the April 8 and 15 Sweeney Weekly Series races at Winchester this
season, while Tyler Bare captured the March 25 opener. Thirty-two different
racers have competed in the three Sweeney Weekly Series events to date with four
of them being Tour racers prepping for Saturday including Eric Wilson, Jason
Knowles, Greg Beach, and Dillan Stake.

Atop the $5,000 to-win Sweeney Weekly Series standings is
Logan Roberson, a regular at both Potomac and Winchester Speedways. While he's
yet to win at Winchester this season, the 19-year-old Waynesboro, Virginia racer
is one of the favorites for Saturday, and does have two wins this season at
Potomac.

Eighteen drivers have already joined the Touring Series
with more expected to join on Saturday. John Waters will return to defend his
2016 championship, the first of his career in RUSH. The Whitesville, NY driver
battled for most of the season with fellow New Yorker, Bryce Davis, and overtook
him in the points in the season finale after a DNF by Davis. Davis, the 2015
Pace Performance "Summer Chase" Champion, will set out on Saturday in hopes of
his first Touring Series crown.

Northwestern Pennsylvania standout Chad Wright has made a
commitment to follow the Tour for the first time in many years. While many of
last year's Touring regulars will return, new Touring Series members thus far
for 2017 include Beach, Stake, Bobby Cossell IV, Bill Kessler, Hunter Hulley,
Mike Franklin, Matt Bassaro, Jon Rivers, and Kyle Murray.

"We're excited to return to Winchester on Saturday," stated
RUSH Director Vicki Emig. "We had originally planned to have an event there
last year, but some scheduling conflicts nixed the possible event dates.
Potomac and Winchester have been true success stories of RUSH and a testament to
what a strong sanctioning body can do for the overall stability and growth of a
division. Both speedways stayed the course over the initial three-year period
under RUSH and the results have been phenomenal. They have always been very
supportive of our decisions to keep Crate Late Models healthy and viable into
the future. We constantly point to these two tracks as a success story and how
being steadfast can payoff in the long run. We cannot thank track owner Greg
Gunter and general manager Denise Hollidge enough."

FK Rod Ends "Shock the Clock Qualifying and Beat the Heat"
will be utilized meaning the fastest qualifier will receive $100 and all heat
race winners will earn $25. The K&N “Cold Air Induction” Dash will be run
paying a $100 K&N certificate to win, $50 K&N certificate for second with $25
cash for third and fourth place. The K&N Dash will also set the beginning of
the 30-lap feature lineup for the top two finishers in the heat races if there
are less than five heats or for the heat winners if there are five or more
heats.

Precise Racing Products will award a $100 gift card for the
"Pedal Down" Hard Charger that passes the most cars in the feature.
The TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night” will
award three bottles of Xtreme6 Racing Brake Fluid valued at approximately
$45 along with a certificate for a discount off any TBM Brakes purchase.

RUSH Officials will choose the "Maxima Performance" Award
for a driver that exhibits a performance worthy of such. The winner will
receive a free case of either Maxima Semi-Syn High Performance Racing Oil or
Maxima Performance Racing Oil of your choice. In addition, the winner will
receive one can of SC-1 clear coat, one 16-oz bottle of Maxima Cool-Aide
concentrate, one 32-oz quart of Maxima PSF power steering fluid, and a Maxima
t-shirt. The value of this prize package is $170! Also, CrateInsider.com will
award a $25 gift certificate to the driver that finishes last on the lead lap at
the finish.

You do not have to a member of RUSH to compete. The yellow
Westhold transponders will be used. RACEceivers are always mandatory. There
will be a $100 entry fee for the event. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates open at
3 p.m. Drivers meeting is scheduled for 5:20 p.m. with warm-ups at 5:45
followed by qualifying and racing.

Winchester Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile dirt track
located just off Route 50 at 950
Airport Road Winchester, VA 22604. The track first opened in 1936 under the
name of Airport Speedway. For more information, check out their website at
www.winchestervaspeedway.com,
"like" them on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/wincvaspeedway and "follow" them on Twitter @Wincvaspeedway.

E-mail can be sent to the RUSH
Racing Series at [email protected] and snail mail to 4368 Route 422,
Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300 and fax is 724-964-0604. The
RUSH Racing Series website is www.rushracingseries.com. Like our Facebook page
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